X m machiete i ob pegaikta boots and shoes



STATES enormer.A wARnwiiLn, or ANDovER, MAINE, assIGNon` Toe., i. wann-WELL Ann ELMER,

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MACHINE FOR PEGrG-INGIBOOTS ANI) Specification ofLetters latentNo.` 11,346, dated July 18,1854.,

Zh `all. whom, it may concern Boots or Shoes; and I dolherebydeclarethat the same, is fully described and represented in; the. following specification1 and the accompanying drawings, letters, figures, and-` referen-ces thereof. c

Of the said drawings, Figure l, represents a side elevation of my improved machine.` Figi, is a; vertical, central` andlongitudi`` nal. section of the saine` Fig.` 3, `is an underside or bottom viewyof it. Fig. 4, is a side view of the peg driver, the awl, and Jtheir carrier.

inl the;` left hand ofwa workman, who while grasp-ingit by such hand and holding it in Contact with the sole to be pegged, strikes4 with his hammer (held in his, right hand) upon. the top of the, awl carrier so as to i drive it downward,` In doing this, he` not only makes a hole in the sole, but he sepa-` rates a peg fromV a strip of peg wood and inserts` and drives said peg into the soles.

In the said drawings A, exhibits a handle, which is made of metal and has a charnber, B, formed in; it, wWithin; this chamber and through` the topof the handle and so as to slide freely up and down through said top, I arrange what I term a carrier or haft, C, its purpose being to carry on its lower end, an awl! D, and a peg driver, E, the` same` beingformed as seen in the drawings. Thebottom of the handle, A, is constructed with two passages or openings, a, b, made down` through `it,they being` intended to respectively to receive the awl and the peg pese of whichlwill be hereinafter explained.

Against the passage, a, through which the peg driver passes I arrange, asseen in Fig.`

2,` a vertical knife, Gn, which I fasten tothe handle and atthe end of the peg wood car-` y rieror caseII, which extends from thehan- My said malchineis intended to be used` c gdle at right angles or thereaboutsas seen, in..

the drawingsand is fastened to it by screws or other Yproper means. Thesaid peg woodA 4carrier consists of a long bar which is slot.-`

`ted on chamferedas seen at,1 o?,` it having.;

, within-,it a piston. or slide, Lwhich is pressed toward the handle by a helical spring= K,`

The said piston or slide. I term` thepeg ,nood driver,its oilice` being to press the,k 'strip of peg` wood, L, forward toward thel handle as fast as may be necessary, theipegwood, beinginserted in thepegwopd carrier ,las seen in'` the drawings. ldriver, I, `has a lip or projection, eh made to l project a short distance over and.` on the itop` of the pegwood,*its object being to wpref; vent the stripgof pegwood from being,` thrown;

`out of the ycarrier under the blow or down-i` ward action of the peg driver i during the4 g operation of severing'J a peg from` such wood.

l, Combined with the pegwood carrier isa long ,springg M, whichA is fastened` to the carrier iat or near the; rear endof the` spring by a fscrew, f; the` other end of the spring being left freeso that it may besprung away from the carrier, when the pegwood is forced downward by the peg-driver. serves as a rest or support to the pegwood, and constitutes `a bottom to the carrier.` It ,also` serves to elevate the pegwood. immedi- `ately after eaeh. depression of it bly the peg driver; it being understood that it elevatesl l' the peg'wood entirely above the knife so as itc4 allow thespring of the pegwood driver, 1I, to force the pegwood forward over the knife into the passage, a.

rlhis spring i To the rear end of the pegwood driver a cord, g, 1s; fastened retract the pegwood wherever the samefin-ay 'be necessary, or whenever it `may be desirable to insert a fresh strip of pegWOOd into the carrier.

There is around the awl carrier and with-` in the chamber of the handle a `helical spring, N, who-se oiiice is to raise the carrier so as` Said pegwoodl so i to elevate the awl out of the` sole `after itA has 'been `driven into the same.

When the carrier is driven downward by O, is forced against top, P, of the handle and compressed to such an extent by the percussion of the blow as will enable it instantly afterward and by its expansive force to overcome the adhesion of the awl to the leather and permit the spring within the chamber of the handle to perform its office of elevating the awl haft. There is -applied to the rear side of the handle, what I term the spring thumb gage lever, or depressor, R. It consists of a bent lever formed as seen in Fig. 2, and made to turn upona` fulcrum or pin, m. The lower arm of the said lever projects into the pegwood carrier and over the strip of pegwood as seen in therdrawings, while the upper arm extends upward and has a spring, S, attached to it and made to bear against the handle asv exhibited in Figs. 1, and 2. An adjusting screw, T, passes through the upper arm of the lever and is screwed into the handle. Into the lower end of the handle, I screw one or more cam pins, U, U, and with respect to the setting or guide point, F,`and passages, a., b, as represented in Fig. 3. These cam pins or gages are formed as seen in side view in 5, and in edge in Fig. 6. They are intended to rest against the edge of the sole of a shoe and to gage or regulate the disytan-ce at which the line of pegging is to be arranged from the same. By turning each one around in it-s female screw socket a hundred and eighty degrees we so adjust it as to enable the pegging machine t0 perform a second line of pegging parallel to the first.

By means of the thumb lever or depressor, R, and the set screw, T, we are not only en abled to vary the distance between the lower end or arm of the depressor and the spring, M, so as to gage the space in the pegwood carrier in order to adapt it to a strip of pegwood of any desirable width that can be used within the maximum of the machine, but we also enable a person by applying his thumb to the upper arm of the lever and pressing it toward the handle to shove the pegwood downward back of and below t-he edge of the knife, so that the said pegwood may not be moved forward by its driver while the awl carrier or haft is being put in motion.

It is often desirable, and particularly in commencing a row of pegging, to make one or two holes in the sole with the awl before the pegs are separatedand driven. The depressor, R, enables us to effect this, and by operating it in the manner above described, it will stop the pegs from being separated from the pegwood and driven, until the requisite number of holes in the sole is formed by the awl.

The small guide or setting point, F, during the operation of pegging a boot by the machine is inserted in the peg holes succes `sively.. Immediately after one peg hole has `cut fro-m the strip of pegwood and driven into the first hole during the descent of the awl haft or carrier, such awl haft at the same time forcing downward the peg driver,

and thereby causes a peg tobe separated from the pegwood and forcedinto the sole. Next, the instrument is moved and the set` ting point inserted in the last hole made by the awl. The awl haft is again driven downward, a new hole is formed, and another peg is separated from the pegwood and driven into the sole. This operation is continued until the line of pegging is completed, care being taken to keep the cam pins in close contact with the edge of the sole.

With this hand pegging machine a workman of ordinary skill can generally insert, in a given time, in a sole about four times the number of pegs that can be inserted or driven in the usual way, viz, by means of a common pegging awl and hammer in the hands of a workman, such workman picking upthe pegs and inserting them in the holes as fast as they are made by him in the sole. Besides this great advantage which it possesses the said hand pegging machine enables the pegs to be driven at equal distance asunder and so as to present a uniformity or regularity` in their appearance when driven, such as can not be conveniently effected in any other way or without great care.

I do not claim the combination of a guide point with a set screw to regulate the distance of the pegs from each other, but

I claim- 1. The combination and arrangement of the guide or setting point, F, with t-he handle,

the awl or hole punch, the peg driving oriiic and mechanism substantially as speci- 2. I also claim the combination and arrangement of the spring gage lever or depressor, R, and the screw T, with the handle and pegwood carrier, `,the object of the same being not only to gage the space. in the pegwood carrierso as to adapt it to pegwoodof any desirable width below the maximum that can be used therein, but also to enable a person to move the pegwood downward and back of and below the edge of the knife when necessary, so that it may not be moved forward under circumstances as hereinbefore stated.

3. I also claim the so combining the spring,`

" M, With the `pegwood carrier, peg driver In testimony Wherof: Iwhave hereunto set and gage lever, that it shall` not only serve my signature this fifteenth day of April, to support the pegwood or constitute a bot- A. D. 1854.

tom to the Carrier, `lout also to` force up the GEO. J. WARDWELL. 5 pegwood after it has been depressed either Witnesses:

Ilyltlle peg driver, or the gage lever as spec- R. H. EDDY,

F. P. HALE, Jr. 

